Best Find of the Weekend!

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Fri Nov 8 18:29:01 2002

At 03:29 PM 11/8/02 -0800, you wrote:
>I still like the old TI Programmers calculator that I found a few years back
>at the "Tektronix Country Store" (where they surplus stuff).

  FWIW I think that at least two of these Tek 31s came from that store. The paper work with one of them has "List $4550.oo Sell $450.oo Brand New" written on it. I remember Rick Bensene telling me about the sale at Tektronix's store and I think that was the price they were selling them for. Also two of these have been stamped "No Service SALVAGE Available" in a cartouche with the Tektronix world logo.


   On the subject of the programmer's calculators. My favorite is the HP-16C or the HP-41 with the HP-IL Developement module. Either one would let you set and convert to and from ANY number base. Both also had piles of binary functions and operations built in. I think the 16C would handle something like 52 bit numbers and I think the 41 would handle even larger numbers. The 16C was nice since it was the basic machine as the 12C/15C/11C and was small and it had practically infinite battery life. I have a TI Programmer's calc here somewhere but it's a nuisance to keep it charged and it's always dead when I want to use it.

     Joe
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